Russian Caviar

Russian Caviar is one of the most valuable natural delicacies in the modern world. It is often called and considered the Black Gold and it really is so! This pure product used to be the royal delight only and even today only wealthy people may afford true and natural Russian Caviar.

For all the gourmets of the world the words 'Russian caviar' has one and the same meaning — the highest grade of gastronomical delight and enjoyment. Yes indeed, the Caviar Russian, at least the one harvested from the Sturgeon family species, are the most flavourful and delightful delicacy in the world. Some of the kinds of the caviar black are the most expensive food product in the world with the incredible price tag of over 21,000 pounds per kilogram. Anyway, we value it not for the price but for its gastronomical features.

Why the Caviar Russian?

Unfortunately, for the last hundred of years, the intensive fish capture of the Sturgeon in the wildlife nature has led nearly to its extinction, that is why the Caspian caviar of only a few of the brands are legally supplied from the wild catch and are sold with incredible price tags. Nowadays over 90% of the marketed caviar is harvested from the farmed fish in different countries of the world like Israel, France, Germany, USA, Italy, and so on. 'So how could it be called a Russian Caviar?' you may ask. All very simple — the Sturgeons at the aquafarms are raised from the fingerlings imported from the Caspian sea basin where the best specimens of the Sturgeon family feel at home. That's the first and the main reason. The second reason is the way the fish roe is cured. Looks like Russians were nearly the first nation that has invented the most delicious kind of this product which is accepted as a standard for all other kinds of roe — the Malossol caviar. The Russian word 'Malossol' stands for 'little salt' and it completely describes the whole recipe that has invented our ancestors — high-grade fish roe and the brine! That's it! Only a few minutes in the warm brine and the precious caviar is ready. But this simple process is preceded by a long period from 6 to 16 years during which the female specimen grows from the fish egg and reaches its maturity period, and that is one of the reasons that predetermines the Russian caviar price.